RESUME
IELTS
Created By:
Liliana Dewi Anggarini
22020114130092
A.14.1
NURSING DEPARTMENT MEDICAL FACULTY
DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY
SEMARANG
2018
IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is designed to assess
the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is used as the
language of communication (1). IELTS is recognized by universities and employers in
many countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the USA.
It is also recognized by professional bodies, immigration authorities and other
government agencies. There are two version of IELTS, the Academic and General
Training (2).
1. IELTS Academic
This version has 4 section, there are listening section, speaking-interview,
reading and writing (3).
a. Listening Section
Listening section have 4 section with 40 questions, and must be done in
30 minutes. Each section is heard once only.
Section 1: a conversation between two people
Section 2: a monologue set in an everyday social context
Section 3: a conversation between up to four people set in an
educational or training context
Section 4: a monologue on an academic subject (e.g. a university
lecture)
b. Speaking-Interview Section
An interview will take time for 15 minutes.
Part 1 Introduction and interview
Part 2 Individual long turn (you have to talk about a topic)
Part 3 Two-way discussion (The examiner asks further questions
which are connected to the topic of Part 2.)
c. Reading Section
Reading section has 3 long reading passages with 40 questions, it must be
done in 60 minutes. Each section contains one long text. Texts are from
books, journals, magazines and newspapers.
d. Writing Section
Writing section has 2 pieces of writing, this section must be done in 60
minutes
Part 1: describe, summarise or explain the information in a graph,
table, chart or diagram
Part 2: write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or
problem
2. IELTS General
Same with IELTS Academic, IELTS General also has 4 sections there are
listening section, speaking-interview, reading and writing. Both of listening
and speaking-interview in IELTS General are same with that section in IELTS
Academic, but in reading and writing section are different (4).
a. Listening Section
b. Speaking-Interview Section
c. Reading Section
This section has 3 sections with 40 questions, it must be done in 60
minutes.
Section 1: two or three short factual texts
Section 2: contains two short factual texts focusing on work-related
issues
Section 3: one longer, more complex text
d. Writing Section
This section has 2 pieces of writing, this section must be done in 60
minutes
Part 1: write a letter requesting information or explaining a
situation.
Part 2: write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or
problem
IELTS has multi-level. Score that can be achieved between 1 and 9. Half scores
such as 6.5 are possible. Universities often demand an IELTS score of 6 or 7. They may
also demand a minimum score in each of the 4 sections (2).
IELTS is available at more than 1,100 locations worldwide (5). To follow this
test, the participant have to pay approximately £160 GBP, €210 Euros or $230 USD. But
usually each country has different price (2).
DAFTAR PUSTAKA
1. What is IELTS [Internet]. IDP Education. 2018 [cited 2018 Mar 11]. Available
from: https://www.idp.com/global/ielts/whatisielts
2. IELTS [Internet]. Exam English. 2014 [cited 2018 Mar 11]. Available from:
https://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/index.html
3. IELTS Academic [Internet]. Exam English. 2014 [cited 2018 Mar 11]. Available
from: https://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_Academic.html
4. IELTS General [Internet]. Exam English. 2014 [cited 2018 Mar 11]. Available
from: https://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_General.html
5. IELTS [Internet]. IELTS. 2017 [cited 2018 Mar 11]. Available from:
https://www.ielts.org/what-is-ielts/ielts-introduction
